Curtain and shade holding device



S. ZYSKOWSKI.

CURTAIN AND SHADE HOLDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, 1920.

IN l/E/VTOR v z/s/fowskf ATTORNEY! UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STANISLAW ZYSKOWSKI, OF WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN AND SHADE HOLDING DEVICE.

' To all whom it may concern:

facture.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the descriptionbelow, in which characters of reference refer to like-named parts in thedrawings.

Referring briefly to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of my deviceapplied to a window frame.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevational view of said window frame,showing my device from the side.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of my device.

Fig. 4 is a side view of the device of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an end view with the springs 6 and cross-bar 81 removed.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the numeral 1 re resents awindow and 2 the frame thereof. lIy device comprises a body portion 3having an upwardly extended hook or clamp member 4 with the end 5thereof extending downward in the form of a finger, teeth 11 beingprovided on the latter. Coiled springs are suspended from the lower endof said body portion, and to the lower extremities of these springs issecured a cross-bar 31 bearing a depending ring 27 and upwardlyextending hook fingers 28. The ring 27 is adapted to support one end ofa window shade.

To provide for the support of a second window shade and a curtain pole,there are Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

1920. Serial No. 392,906.

provided respectively two supporting arms,

9 and 10, adjustably mounted on a horizontally disposed member 21 formedintegrally with the body portion 3. Said member 21 is provided with aslot 22. A member 24, which holds the supports 9 and 10, is bent throughthe slot 22 and about a guide 30 at 23, whence the member 2% may slidealong the member 21.

A thumb screw 25 is attached to the member 24: as shown, and ispivotally supported in the threaded sleeve 26 which is rigid with themember 21. Thus the distance between the two devices supporting thecurtain rod and shade may be varied at will without removing the saidmembers from the window frame.

In mounting my support on a window frame, the teeth 11 and the hooklingers 28 engage opposite faces of the upper crosspiece of said frame,the springs 6 serving to hold said teeth and fingers yieldably engagedin said faces. Thus I have provided a support which will hold threewindow appliances as above indicated. The springs insure a secure holdof the device upon the window frame and admit of the device beingreadily applied or dismantled.

I claim A device of the class described comprising a body portion, aclamp on the upper extremity of said body portion, teeth on the end ofsaid clamp, coiled springs secured to the lower extremity of said bodyportion, hooks depending from said springs a ring attached to saidhooks, a member extending horizontally from said body portion, a bracketslidably supported in said member, and means for varying the horizontalposition of said bracket.

Signed atdWilkes-Barre, in the county of Luzerne and State ofPennsylvania, this 14.- day of June A. D. 1920.

STANISLAW ZYSKOWSKI.

